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Supreme Court Considers Appeal in Human Trafficking Case Involving Cross-Border Offence and Age Determination. The court examines the requirement of sanction under Section 188 CrPC for offences partly committed in India and evaluates medical evidence on victim's age under the POCSO Act....

The appeal arose from a conviction by the High Court of Uttarakhand in a human trafficking case. The appellant, an Indian citizen, was accused of enticing a 15-year-old girl from Nepal to India for ex...

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Supreme Court Allows State's Appeal Against High Court Direction for Regularisation of Contractual Employees. Contractual Appointments in Temporary Project Units Do Not Confer Right to Absorption, and Service Period Under Interim Orders Must Be Excluded from Regularisation Claims....

The dispute arose from the State of Gujarat's appeal against a High Court judgment directing consideration of contractual employees for regularisation. The respondents were appointed in 2004 as driver...

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Supreme Court Allows Civil Suit and Sets Aside High Court Order Rejecting Plaint Under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC. The Court Held That Defendants Cannot Take Contradictory Stands on Jurisdiction Under the Doctrine of Approbate and Reprobate, Preventing the Plaintiff from Being Left Remediless Under Section 257 of the M.P. Land Revenue Code, 1959....

The dispute originated when the plaintiff filed proceedings before the Revenue Authority under Section 250 of the M.P. Land Revenue Code, 1959. The defendants raised an objection that the Revenue Auth...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Union of India's Appeal Against Sentence Modification in Court-Martial Case. General Court Martial Composition Violated Army Rules, 1954, Rule 40(2) and Rule 102, but Armed Forces Tribunal's Sentencing Discretion Under Section 71(e) of Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 Upheld....

The dispute arose from disciplinary proceedings against a retired Lieutenant General of the Indian Army, initiated after an anonymous complaint in 2005 regarding procurement irregularities. A Court of...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals by States of Karnataka and Kerala in Lottery Tax Dispute — State Legislatures Have Competence to Tax Lotteries Under Entry 62 List II. Regulatory Entry 40 List I Does Not Bar State Taxation of Lotteries Organised by Other States....

The Supreme Court considered appeals by the States of Karnataka and Kerala against judgments of their respective High Courts which had struck down state taxes on lotteries as unconstitutional for lack...

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Supreme Court Allows Revenue Appeal in Income Tax Case — Rectification Deed Held Invalid for Reducing Consideration Without Commercial Substance. The Court restored the addition of Rs. 10,69,79,146/- made by the Assessing Officer under the Income Tax Act, 1961, holding that the rectification deed was a colourable device to evade tax....

The case involves an appeal by the Revenue against the judgment of the Bombay High Court which dismissed its appeal and confirmed the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) deleting an addi...